Farm Visit Flashcards

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How many milking cows and cattle has the Bllydehob farmer got?

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70 milking cows, 140 cattle altogether.

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How many acres has the farm and around the house in Ballydehob got?

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150 acres of grass, 70 acres around the farm.

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How many bales does the farm in Ballydehob Produce?

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1,000 round bales/year produced.

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Info about Ballydehob’s milk

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Milk: 1.4 kilo solids/day per cow. (5% butterfat, 4.2% protein). Highest would be 2 kg solids/day per cow at other times of the year.

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Grass in Ballydehob

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Really wet, so no need for supplementary feed

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Dairy Parlour (Ballydehob)

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Dairy parlour – 14 units. Takes 50 minutes to milk the 70 cows.

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Farm Forest (Ballydehob)

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Forest plantation – Sitka spruce only. 24 years old. Poor biodiversity, but soft wood more economical and grows easier in poor land. Government keeps the carbon credits, so not a great ‘deal’ for farmers to devote land to this?….

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Mushrooms in the Ballydehob Farm

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Some fungi are decomposers which mean that they break down plant and animal debris, thus cycling nutrients and increasing their availability in the soil.

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